likely president trump and his agenda will be motivating them as much as any candidate or local issue on the ballot. almost two years ago, when we last interviewed then-president- elect trump, he seemed surprised he had won-- not that he'd ever admit that to us. well, when we sat down with him this past thursday in the white house, we found him confident and boastful, as he told us he has learned on the job. he was eager to joust over the issues of the day: the economy, china and russia, and of course "fake news." but we started with very real news. the suspected murder of a saudi journalist and the catastrophe of hurricane michael, which has devastated parts of the florida panhandle, claiming at least 19 lives, and leaving hundreds of thousands without power across the southeast. michael comes on the heels of a series of super storms: florence in the carolinas, maria in puerto rico, harvey in texas. do you still think that climate change is a hoax? >> donald trump: look, i think something's happening. something's changing and it'll change back again. i don't think it's a hoax, i thin

very complicated story and why am i in the middle of it. >> the if fms trump tower meeting, it's consumed washington for more than a year. now the man who holds the key to how it all happened shares new details. >> it was a dirty offer that they accepted. >> yes, that is true. >> is the meeting the special counsel's best evidence of possible collusion between the campaign and russia? we go inside the room with a first-hand account. >> suddenly what should have been two people and don junior was now don, manafort, jared. >> who would have their campaign manager, their son, their son-in-law all attend this meeting to talk about adoptions? >> it just didn't make sense. >> the activity for dirt on hillary could have been used. >> this campaign was happy to take it. >> he's talked to congress, the mueller team, the grand jury, and now to us. rob goldstone with the inside story of the trump tower meeting. >> so tell us what happened. was the dirt on hillary clinton forthcoming? >>> it was the e-mail that setoff a chain of events leading to the meeting. just a few sentences long but eve

moments on this earth. >>> and so you're saying his dad didn't kill jfk now? president trump going all-in for senator ted cruz as cruz's democratic challenger rips a page from the trump book of nasty nick names. welcome to "the lead." we begin with president trump taking a stunningly dismissive tone about any possible saudi leadership role in the disappearance and apparent murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. this afternoon, the president is denying he's giving cover in any way to the saudis, insisting he simply wants to find out what happened. but that's about as tough as the president was willing to get. he has had harsher words in the last week or so for stormy daniels, senator elizabeth warren and taylor swift than he has had for the saudis, responsible for the likely butchering and slaughter of a "washington post" columnist. instead, president trump has expressed support for saudi denials of knowledge of the apparent murder, did he sespite strong circumstantial case. and the president emphasized the military equipment that the saudis have pledged to purchase from american defense

and now my interview with president trump. >> laura: mr. president, thank you so much for being here today. we really appreciate it. i know you're heading to pittsburgh tomorrow and rabbi jeffrey meyers from the tree of life synagogue said last night the following. >> i want to address for the moment some of our political leaders who are here. ladies and gentlemen, it has to start with you as our leaders. my words are not intended as political fodder. stop the words of hate. >> laura: given his words, what do you think your role tomorrow will be and should be? >> president trump: i'm just going to pay my respects. i'm also going to the hospital to see the officers and some of the people that were so badly hurt. and i really look forward to going. i would have done it even sooner but i didn't want to disrupt any more than they already have disruption but i look forward to going to pittsburgh tomorrow. >> laura: who set over the weekend you might even tone of the rhetoric. the media today these dominant sarah huckabee sanders press briefing. if they are pointing fingers at you say

, president trump at a campaign rally in nevada. former vice president joe biden also a campaign rally in nevada. then, a debate in the north cap -- north dakota senate race. >> president trump has been hitting the campaign trails out west. he ended his three-day campaign tour in elk grove, nevada, with a make america great again rally. joining him was nevada senator dean heller, up for reelection. this is one hour. ♪ [cheering] [cheering] ♪ "god bless the usa" ♪ [cheering] ♪ ♪ [cheering] ♪ [cheering] ♪ [cheering] ♪ [cheering] [cheering] trump!donald pres. trump: thank you very much. hello, nevada. i am thrilled to be right here in elko with you. thousands and thousands of proud, hard-working american patriots. patriots. [cheering] pres. trump: in just 17 days, the people of nevada are going to reelect senator dean heller to protect your jobs, defend your borders, and to continue making america great again. that is what we are doing. [cheering] pres. trump: early voting starts today. so, you got to get out. this is truly an amazing time for our country. the unemployment ra

from 7:00 to 9 :00. for now, good night from washington. inside the trump tower meeting is next. >>> it's a very complicated story. and why am i in the middle of it? >> the infamous trump tower meeting, it's consumed washington for more than a year. now, the man who holds the key to how it all happened, shares new details. >> it was a dirty offer that they accepted? >> yes. that is true. >> is the meeting the special counsel's best evidence of possible collusion between the campaign and russia? we go inside the room with a first-hand account. >> suddenly what should have been two people and don jr. was now don, manafort, jared. >> who would have their campaign manager, their son, their son-in-law all attend this meeting? to talk about adoption? it didn't make sense. >> it could have been used as a green light back at the kremlin. >> most campaigns never would have taken that meeting this campaign was happy to take it. >> he's talked to congress, the mueller team, the grand jury and now to us. rob goldstone with the inside story of the trump tower meeting. >> tell us what happene

. president trump calling it quote a scary time for young men. this amid the kavanaugh fight. a top democratic senator is here. plus a report that bob mueller's now investigating why a republican critic of trump got hacked during 2016. interesting and below the radar. also, 50 cent is on "the beat." i showed him around the studio. we'll talk trump and how rap should handle gun violence, an important story at the end of our show. >>> we begin with breaking news. donald trump's tax records reveal fraud and schemes to duck taxes on a massive long-term scale. that is the headline from a massive, exhaustive, detailed investigative report that "the new york times" just dropped on the political world tonight. we're talking here about the core of donald trump's wealth and political appeal. because he's always argued, above all else, before everything else, he is, he says, a successful businessman. but these journalists got ahold of over 100,000 pages of documents. they found dubious tax schemes and, quote, outright fraud. the white house is already pushing back on this big story at this hou

hush-money deal. did mr. trump try to drag his son eric into the stormy daniels coverup? >>> poison at the pentagon. envelopes addressed to the defense secretary and a top u.s. navy official tested positive for the deadly substance ricin. we are following the investigation that's underway this hour. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> this is "cnn breaking news." >>> we're following breaking news on how donald trump made the fortune that helped propel him to the presidency. a major new investigation by "the new york times" accuses mr. trump of participating in shady tax schemes and, quote, outright fraud that greatly increased the wealth he received from his father's real estate empire. the report totally contradicts mr. trump's claims of being a self-made billionaire. i'll get reaction from the senate intelligence committee member, senator abc ngus king a our correspondents an analysts are standing by. first, let's go to kara. tell us about the bombshell report in "the new york times

president trump. - while other leaders seem to clash with trump, macron was the belle to trump's beast. - macron has been dubbed "the trump whisperer" by some because of their close diplomatic relationship. - macron says he and trump have a special relationship. - mr. president, they're all saying what a great relationship we have, and they're actually correct. it's not fake news. finally it's not fake news. - look how excited little donnie is, man. doesn't--doesn't he look like he just invited his best friend over for a sleepover? it's actually cute. yeah. it really is. they might even play truth or dare. it would be like, "okay, my turn. dare me to sleep with your wife." "uh, how about we do truth instead?" "okay, truth: i want to sleep with your wife." but the ultimate test is how you handle it when he publicly humiliates you. - it's a great honor, great honor that you're here. but we do have a very special relationship. in fact, i'll get that little piece of dandruff off, a little piece. we have to make him perfect. he is perfect. so it is really--it is really great to be wit

sit-down with the president of the united states. president trump: saudi arabia, we are look at it strongly. it depend on whether the king and crown prince knew about it. not whether it happened. but whether they knew about it. if they knew by the it would be bad. if they didn't know about it, bad things can happen. saudi arabia is a partner, they are an ally against iran and against missiles and against what they are doing trying to take over the middle east. since i am here, they are not succeeding. they are heading down the tubes. so saudi arabia, they have been a great ally to me. they are investing tremendous amounts of money be they are fighting terror. with all that being said, you can't do what? we have been reading about it. but we are going to learn a lot about it. they made the largest order in the history of our country, outside of our country, for weapons, for any kinds of military weapons. missile systems, ships, they are buying from us. $110 billion they are purchasing. it's 500,000 american jobs. everything is made here. people say we want to have you end that order

-- [cheering] proud to be an ]merican ♪ [cheering] ♪ pres. trump: thank you very much. thank you. love you, nevada. i am thrilled to be right here in elko with you. thousands and thousands of proud, hard-working american patriots. patriots. [cheering] pres. trump: in just 17 days, the people of nevada are going to reelect senator dean heller to protect your jobs, defend your borders, and to continue making america great again. that is what we are doing. [cheering] pres. trump: early voting starts today. so, you got to get out. this is truly an amazing time for our country. unemployment rates just fell to the lowest level in more than 50 years. [cheering] pres. trump: more americans are working today than at any time in our history. think of that. more people are working in our country today than at any point in the history of our country. that's not bad. [cheering] pres. trump: how do you lose an election with that step, right -- that stat, right? that's a tough one. here and no debt -- and no debt -- in nevada, personal incomes have reached an all-time high. spend your money well. ame

>>> happening now, breaking news. outright fraud. an explosive new report alleges president trump built hits real estate empire with hundreds of millions reaped through tax dodges and fraud. is the president really the self-made man he claims to be? supreme violations. president trump and members of congress say if supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh lied to lawmakers, it could be a deal breaker. what will the fbi investigation reveal? >>> stormy orders. cnn learned the president personally directed efforts to silence stormy daniels, despite publicly denying he knew about the hush money she was paid. is this story now unraveling? >>> and 60 nukes. a top south korean official says kim jong-un may have as many as 60 nuclear weapons. will mike pompeo confront kim about his stockpile when the secretary of state travels back to north korea later this week? >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news, a "new york times" report just out that says that despite portraying himself as self-made, president

. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com howie: president trump and the media escalate their rhetoric. but who is to blame for the pipe bombs. >> you blame us, we are the victims here. >> it's disgusting. they just sent a bomb to cnn and the president doesn't say a word about that and tells us we are to blame. >> the idea donald trump is responsible for these attacks is patently absurd any more than hillary clinton was responsible for the shooting of steve sca lease. >> president trump is responsible for rhetoric that made it almost inevitable that members of the media would be targeted. >> we are on day four of what is the media's shameful attempt to connect president trump, fox news, talk radio, even me to the horrible actions of a madman. howie: that debate extend to a synagogue in pittsburgh where there were 11 lives lost. constant coverage of the caravan. the left accuses him of stirring up his base and lying in the process. >> the democrats had nothing to do with a movement of people in central america so donald trump could use that as a campaign device to lie about so he can li

. next, president trump meets with cabinet members and industry workers on regulations and the u.s. economy. it took place at the white house earlier today. pres. trump: thank you very much, and welcome to the oval office. on monday, i traveled to florida and georgia to meet with first responders and to visit with those affected by the devastation of hurricane michael. and yesterday, mike pence traveled also to the two states and he saw devastation like he's never seen before. we're in the same category. it was something. something horrible. thousands of federal employees and military personnel have been deployed to assist in the massive recovery effort. one of the biggest we've ever done, and we've had some pretty big hurricanes. this was just about at the top. we will not rest until every community has been fully restored. the restoration efforts here is bigger than the others, because the winds were so powerful. they literally lifted businesses and houses and factories everything in its way. they would literally lift not only the house, they would lift out the foundations, in ma

now! pres. trump: it has not been easy for me. i started off in brooklyn. my father gave me a small loan of $1 million. i came into manhattan and i had to pay him back with interest. amy: while president has often described himself as a self-made billionaire, a major "new york times" expose has revealed trump inherited his family's wealth through tax dodges and outright fraud. we will speak to pulitzer prize winning journalist david barstow, the author of the expose. >> president trump participated in tax schemes including outright fraud, that greatly increased the size of the inherited fortune he received from his parents, including such things as setting up sham corporations that were intended to basically drain cash from his father's real estate empire without paying taxes. amy: there are no calls for city , state, federal probes into president trump's track -- tax practices. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the fbi has completed its limited, supplemental investigation into sexual misconduct clai

robert: terrory mail in fear on the campaign trail. i'm robert costa. president trump's sharp words are under scrutiny as the mid terms near tonight on "washington week." >> this is a different definition of terrorism.s this i political terrorism. >> suspected mail bomb sent to political figures, cnn and others. >> this is a multiple investigation involving multiple people cst to coast. president trump: i'm here to inform you that lawnforcement has apprehended the suspect and taken him into custody. these terrorizing acts are despicable and have no place in our country. robert: but a president also critical of the press. president trump: the media also has r aponsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant gative and oftentimes false attacks and stories. robert: a country on ed, next. ♪ announcer: this is "."shington we funding is provided by -- >> kevin. >> kevin. >> kevin. >> advice for life. life well planned. learn more atja raymos.com. >> funding is pro fided by newman's own foundation donating all profits to charity and nourishing the common go

senators this group of democrat senators are concerned that president trump's business ties with saudi arabia may impact on his decision making so they have now sent a bill letter this is from a group of democrats asking for him to disclose full details of his relationships his business relationships with saudi partners over the past ten years now in that lead they mention a number of occasions on which saudi businessmen have bought trump apartments even a case of buying a trump yacht they also mention as well that trump himself boasted back in or with twenty fifteen selling his apartments to saudis for forty fifty million dollars he said the letters also being sent to trump's sons they are executive vice presidents of the trump organization so this is a very serious step made by the democrats donald trump himself well yesterday he tweeted i have no business ties in saudi arabia he's likely to brush the soft as far as the letter is concerned from the democrats he can probably go ahead and do that but in the light of the magnitsky act which is actual legislation which is a biparti

russia to help me with an election? give me a break. >> after two years, president trump is back on "60 minutes," talking about his accomplishments... >> we were going to war with north korea. now, you don't hear that. >> ...and controversies. >> "how did you get home?" "i don't remember." "how did you get there?" "i don't remember." "where is the place?" "i don't remember." "how many years ago was it?" "i don't know, i don't know." >> and you mimicked professor blasey ford. you mimicked her. >> and had i not made that speech, we would not have won. >> in a wide-ranging interview... and what have you learned since you've been president? >> i always used to say the toughest people are manhattan real estate guys and blah, blah. now, i say they're babies. >> who's the toughest? >> the political people. this is the most deceptive, vicious world. it is vicious, it's full of lies, deceit, and deception. ( ticking ) >> to catch joel sartore in action, we flew halfway around the world. what makes a great picture? >> emotion. we're looking for the eyes. we're primates, and we're really, really r

the trump organization, eric trump. and he is outnumbered. aren't you always outnumbered in manhattan? >> eric trump: i'm just going to say this, there are a lot of of -- a tremendous amount of love in new york city. >> melissa: it when people come over and say, you guys do a great job and we want you all the time, but they are usually whispering. you are right about that. >> in ohio, that's not what happens. >> eric trump: in ohio no one is whispering. [laughter] >> melissa: secretary of state mike pompeo is set to make remarks in mexico city is a massive caravan of migrants moves towards the u.s. later, the nation's top diplomat is scheduled to meet with them president on the issue. this is the mexican government announced yesterday that it would seek to work with the united nations to set up shelters and processing centers for refugees along its southern border, a plane that the trump administration says it supports. mexico's ambassador to the u.s. pounding the movie last night on a "special report." >> the mexican government, and this is a very important step, requested the interv

or her herself with donald trump's name calling. which seems to focus most intensely and most frequently on women. women who challenge him or threaten him or heaven forbid insult him. today's installment of donald trump's denigration of women came in the form of a tweet about stormy daniels, president tweeting this, "federal judge throws out stormy daniels' lawsuit versus trump. trump is entitled to full legal fees. at fox news, great, now i can go after horse face and her third-rate laywyer in the great state of texas. she'll confirm the letter she signed. she knows nothing about me. a total con." horse face. the president of the united states called a woman with whom he had an alleged sexual relationship horse face. unfortunately it's the kind of insult, personal, childish and mean, that people have become so accustom to with this president that it barely registered as news but it renders the first lady's "be best" campaign, anti-bullying effort, pointless and satirical and ivanka's trump stated mission of being an ambassador for women a pointless joke. how could these women

trump. talk about the deadly shooting in pittsburgh, the pipe bombs sent around the country last week and the push by some to connect his words with those heinous acts. we also discussed his new plans for the border, the midterm and reports his legal team will provide written answers for bob mueller's investigation. but first, using tragedy to silence the president. that's the focus of tonight's angle. with midterm polls tightening in key races in favor of republican candidates across the country and that blue wave beginning to slip away, liberals are attempting to neutralize the gop's most effective campaigner. of course i'm talking about president trump. in the last few months he's delivered results for the american people on the economy and trade, just to name a few, and of course he stood strong on law and order, justice kavanaugh and border enforcement. but in the wake of the tragic slayings at a pittsburgh synagogue over the weekend some of the left have labored to blunt the trump momentum by trying to link the president to this lunatic anti-semite shooter. msnbc's in morni

50 capitals tour. before president trump left the white house for a rally in iowa, he spoke about nikki haley announcing her resignation, north korea, and his lunch with kanye west. president trump: hello, everybody. we are headed out to iowa, where we have a big statement to make on ethanol and for our farmers. we are taking care of our refineries and refiners and a have done a fantastic job. we want to get more fuel into the system. it was a promise i made during the campaign and as you know, i keep my promises. we are headed out to iowa. i assume some of you are coming. yes, please. unitedikki haley nations. tina powell is out there. president trump: she is someone i would consider and is under consideration. great and will be working along with us helping us .ith 2020 friends, she has done a fantastic job so she will be involved. dana and others. -- dina and others. i have heard many names. i have heard ivanka. it is nothing to do with nepotism, but the people that bew, know ivanka would dynamite. then i would be accused of nepotism, if you can believe it. i think ivanka would

>>> breaking news. not satisfied. president trump distances himself from the saudi explanation about the killing of jamal khashoggkhashoggi. a body double was used to try to cover up the fire. mr. trump is making unproven claims about a caravan of imgranimgra immigrants. tweeting and repeating. how far and how false is he willing to go to energize his base. >>> russian suspect speaks. an accountant charged by the u.s. with election interference is talking publicly about allegations that she helped get president trump elected. can her comments be believed? >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> president trump suggesting doubts the apparent lies being told by the saudis as he spreads false information himself. tonight he says he spoke to the saudi crown prince and he's not satisfied with what he's heard about the killing of the journal ist. a vitd odeo shows a khashoggi b double leaving the consulate. >>> the president is insisting without any evidence that unknown middle easterners as w

? >> the infamous trump tower meeting, it's consumed washington for more than a year. now, the man who holds the key to how it all happened, shares new details. >> it was a dirty offer that they accepted? >> yes. that is true. >> is the meeting the special counsel's best evidence of possible collusion between the campaign and russia? we go inside the room with a first-hand account. >> suddenly what should have been two people and don jr. was now don, manafort, jared. >> who would have their campaign manager, their son, their son-in-law all attend this meeting? to talk about adoption? it didn't make sense. >> it could have been used as a green light back at the kremlin. >> most campaigns never would have taken that meeting this campaign was happy to take it. >> he's talked to congress, the mueller team, the grand jury and now to us. rob goldstone with the inside story of the trump tower meeting. >> tell us what happened. was the dirt on hillary clinton forthcoming? ♪ >>> it was the email that set off a chain of events leading to the meeting. just a few sentences long, but every word s

marquez peterson. c-span, your primary source for campaign 2018. before president trump left the white house for a rally in iowa, he spoke about the u.n. ambassador announcing her resignation and his upcoming lunch with kanye west. president trump: hello everybody. we're headed out to iowa where we have a big statement to make. for our farmers. likewise we are taking care of our refineries and our refiners. they have done a fantastic job. >> [inaudible] president trump, dena is a person she would -- i would consider. we have many names. nicky has been great. she will be working with us in helping us with the choice. she will help us with 2020. nikki is a great friend of mine. we have become great friends. she has done a fantastic job. she will be involved. gina, certainly. i have heard a lot of names. i've heard ivanka. i've heard, how good would ivanka be? there's nothing -- it's nothing to do with nepotism. the people that know know that ivanka would be dynamite. i would then be accused of nepotism, if you can believe it. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: i think ivanka would be incr

." i'm don lemon. the president and first lady travelled to pittsburgh today along with ivanka trump and jared kushner to pay respects to the victims of saturday's mass shooting at tree of life synagogue, laying stones and white roses upon of 11 stars of david markers outside. they then spent time with four wounded police officers and medical staff as well as a family member of one of the victims. that is peaceful protesters gathered to oppose the president's visit carrying signs saying things like words matter, and strength through unity. a white house official is telling cnn that there was talk about moving the visit to tomorrow or thursday but the optics of visiting pittsburgh on the same day as a campaign rally, well they weren't as ideal for them. so they moved it today. olivia is here, michael d'antonio, the author of "the truth about trump." the rabbi of the tree of life greeted president trump and the first lady. you can put that up at the synagogue this afternoon. other officials said no thanks. michael, why do you think trump insists ongoing today, insisted ongoing when apparen

trump's 60 minutes enter screw and will tell us specifically why the gop should be paying close attention. first, meet the chairman, the focus of tonight's "angle."the attention. first, meet the chairman, the focus of tonight's "angle." >> laura: ahad a horrible dream last night, wake up in a cold sweat. the calendar read wednesday november 7 and the democrats had gained control of the house of representatives. and the first horrible vision i had, blurry, it was maxine waters, talking about justice kavanaugh. >> it was heartbreaking, but i think women are not going to recede, women are going to continue to confront what took place in that confirmation. and him. and he won't rest easy in his job. >> laura: oh, oh, oh, what was on to you, what does that mean, he won't rest easy? sounds like an implicit threat. or does she mean impeachment? the justice is going to be confronted in his home and public life, public places? is it some kind of dog whistle to go after kavanaugh? similar to her earlier call to harass conservatives earlier this year? well, soon, she may be harassing all o

at noon today. that was president trump in a clip from "60 minutes" that was released saturday morning. and that was president trump's saturday afternoon, taking questions from the oval office. an hour later he was taking more questions on the south lawn. >> chain migration is not a good thing. chain migration is bad. >> a few hours after that, the president held his fourth campaign rally this week in kentucky in which he slammed the democrats. >> the democrats have become totally consumed by their chilling lust for power. >> prepare yourself for it what the daily beast calls a media blitzkrieg. these were all of president trump's media appearances this week. and that was before saturday. all of this by design. the president wants to flood the zone. in september he told his senior staff, quote, he didn't feel like he was talking to enough reporters and he needed to talk to as many as humanly possible in the coming weeks. "the new york times" reports when the president does not appear on the front page of his favorite papers haesz made it a point to do or say something to get th

. >> thank you. >>> as i said, of course donald trump just couldn't resist and so in a rally in mississippi, he started mocking dr. i didn't say teen blasey ford on his rally stage and he reduced her hours of credible testimony to the senate judiciary committee to just one line in which she said, credibly, that she had only one beer that night. and so donald trump kept repeating that line. i had one beer, i had one beer. and in a rant against dr. ford. and so if you take your children to a trump rally now, you're going to have to explain to them what gang rape is if they don't already know, because donald trump also boomed the words "gang rape" repeatedly. the only president in history to use the words gang rape in a political speech, the only president in history to use the words gang rape to try to score political points, and we have that video of what donald trump said in mississippi, and it is pure presidential pornography. it is vile. it is poison. a deeply perverted self-confessed sexual assaulter mocking the very concept of sexual assault to a cheering crowd that includes children in

. >>> ambassador nickty halley is not the only woman bailing on donald trump. our top story is a huge new drop in female support for the gop. if you ever watched this particular news show you may know polls rarely make it as our top story, but we rarely see polls like this. take a look. this is the data rattling the white house tonight. a new poll showing democrats surging to a 13-point lead over republicans in the generic house ballot. this from cnn. it's the largest democratic margin in any midterm polling since 2006, which is when the dems won the house and voted in the first woman speaker in u.s. history. gender no accident here. the edge clearly powered by women who are now going democratic by a whopping 30 points. republicans don't make up the gap with male voters, their edge just 5 points. these numbers tonight don't just show a gender gap, they show a gender chasm, a canyon between male and female vote there's currently helps the democrats and a bob marley level of exodus of women voters away from the gop. if you know the song, you know what it says. "we know where we're

the trump administration tells the world wait, wait, wait, give the saudis more time, bracing for battle. president trump gets a new lawyer weeks before democrats salivating to investigate this president could probably flip the house. >>> plus, conflict of interest watch. why does president trump suddenly want the fbi to stay so close to the white house? democrats are charging it has everything to do with the trump hotel business. we'll explain. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with the world lead. the saudi government which originally claimed for days that "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi exited and entered the consulate without incident is now considering blaming a top intelligence official close to the crown prince. mohammed bin salman or mbs for his murder. three people with knowledge of the plan told the "new york times." this news comes as saudis insist they need more time for their investigation into his likely murder, and remarkably the u.s. government, the trump administration, seemed to be accepting this all at face value or at the very least t

and violence u.s. president donald trump says he might deploy the military to stop them from crossing into america john heilemann is in the southern mexico border town of go and joins us now what have you been seeing that today. where you can probably see the bridge behind me there's still a lot of people on that bridge just quote from a lot of the other side a mix co where we are now this police and they're preventing them from getting into mexico you probably be able to see below as well as sort of side show young men who are using a makeshift raft to push up food and other things to the people on the bridge so they can sort of stay there over them going back to guatemala and keep the pressure on to be allowed into mexico there are a lot of people actually the only rovs like the one that you can see there who've actually already got across to mexico the bridge isn't the only option here for a long time there's been smooth flight that one that have taken commerce but can pull from formal commerce from guatemala to mexico so we've just been to a community center instead of the dow go

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mid term polling are leading donald trump to double down on his desperation. here are some bad signs. republicans trail by seven in generic midterm polling and staggering 30 points among women voters. democrat stacy abrams less than two points behind brian kemp and that's deep red georgia. beto is trailing ted cruz but he broke the fund raising record for a senate race and you have 25 republican held house districts which backed clinton in 2016. democrats now seeing signs they could win 15 as a floor and potentially up to 20. donald trump has that bad news. he knows about it. he's trying to up end the narrative in the next 25 days before the voting begins. the white house is considering advice to practice some basic affirmative action recruitment and try to get a woman to replace her. strategist say that mieg heght with women voters. he's seeking ratings by sitting down with "60 minutes". less love for him because fox news stopped airing rallies. the ratings are dipping for that conservative audience that has trump doubling down on his attention strategy by turning the oval office in

trump is refusing to take a back seat in the run up to the midterm elections. the news tonight, as it will be through midterm election night itself, is trump-trump-trump, that's the way he wants it. the question is, how will voters react? calculated, there's no such thing as overexposure, trump's apparent goal now is to dominate the national news, signalling that for better or worse, come november, it's all about trump. in the first 15 days of october, catch this. the president has held eight rallies. that's one more than one every other nate, conducted six major interviews and made him available to answer questions on at least 20 other occasions. and while the president is traditionally opted for favorable platforms like fox, to spread his message, he ventured outside his comfort zone last night appearing on "60 minutes." showing he can stand up to tough questions from a real journalist, leslie stahl. here's how trump, when challenged, declined to single out the russians for their 2016 attack on the integrity of our elections. >> do you believe that the russians interfered in the 201

. after weeks of restraint, president trump dismissed dr. ford's allegations in mississippi. it may be one of the worst things he's done recently. let's watch. >> 36 years ago this happened. i had one beer. i had one beer. well you think -- nope, one beer. oh, good, how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember, how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. [ cheers and applause ] i don't know. i don't know. what neighborhood was it in? i don't know. where's the house? i don't know. upstairs, down stairs, where was it? i don't know. but i had one beer, that's all i remember. >> are all the women there cheering? i don't think so based on that picture. today senate majority leader mitch mcconnell again reiterated he expects to have a vote on kavanaugh's nomination this week, that would mean by saturday but president trump's comments may have complicated matters with three republican senators who could decide kavanaugh's fate. jeff flake, susan collins and lisa murkowski who slammed the president's comment

crown prince had no knowledge. >> huh. president trump struck a remarkably similar tone when pressed on russian hacking and the alleged murder by a saudi arabia of a washington post columnist. >> you know, mika, the question is, either the president is way too naive to be commander in chief or he's way too willing to believe the word of autocrats who murder political opponents. >> naivety is beautiful in a baby, but not in the president of the united states. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is tuesday, october 16th. >> willie geist, just like a baby. naive as a baby. >> i'm not a baby. >> babies are sweet. >> you're not a baby, willie. >> i'm not talking about you being a baby. i'm talking about the president being a baby. >> you're baby, but in a different way. >> a hgb agent who goes around believing political opponents and killing journalists, you heard him had right there. he was naive as a baby. and now this khashoggi murder, he's being naive as a baby there. willie, what do you think about this? we've got a commander in chief -- >> who is a baby. >> basically naive

11. over what this means begins. president trump lashing out at opponents, free press and complaining that this severe security scare could hurt his party's election chances. a comment drawing rebukes from all sides. an unusual message from a president, any type of president, on a day that would be a triumph of federal and local law enforcement activities. the authorities arresting this prime suspect in the series of explosive devices that were sent to cnn. 56 cesar sayoc arrested, a registered republican. the latest news came moments ago when donald trump said he will break tradition. he doesn't plan to call the other public officials targeted and that comes after he's been rallying supporters against the free press. >> have you called president obama or any of the them. >> if they wanted me to. i think we'll probably pass. >> i get attacked. maybe more. maybe more than anybody. i can do the greatest thing for country and on the networks and it will show bad. we all get attacked. we're smart. >> americans still digesting these images from the suspect's white van. another

is nothing we can do. good night. trish: president trump vowing to get to the bottom of the missing "washington post" columnist. saudi arabia denies any knowledge of what took place inside the turkish consulate. coming up, my exclusive interview with president trump. "trish regan primetime" starts right now. also breaking tonight. president trump stepping up his attacks on the federal reserve as he blasts the fed for raising interest rates too fast. the president believes the fed is the biggest threat to his economic success. is the chairman jerome powell perhaps out of a job? president trump telling me what actually happened behind closed doors during his meeting with russia's vladimir putin in helsinki. here's a hint. it's something the mainstream media definitely won't tell you. we'll get to 2020, stormy daniels and a whole lot more. president trump feeling confident the republicans will come up big during the mid terms. here's my exclusive interview with the president of the united states. three weeks exactly today from the mid terms. what's your prediction? president trump: it'

their custody during what they call an interrogation gone wrong. will this force president trump to take action against the saudis. >>> president trump mocking her as pocahontas, but today senator elizabeth warren claiming she has dna proof of a native american ancestor, but some critics are saying, hey, not so fast. >>> plus, president trump says he's not sure about man made climate change, despite the consensus of scientists. maybe if the epa didn't keep getting rid of scientists, he would have a better idea of what's really going on. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. breaking news in the world lead and disappearance of "washington post" journalist, jamal khashoggi. two sources telling cnn the saudi government is preparing to admit that khashoggi was indeed killed in their custody after he entered the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul, turkey, almost two weeks ago and never came back out. this news coming just hours after president trump said he believed the saudi king's denial of any knowledge of the disappearance. >> the king firmly den

in admissions were jobs in places where diversity trumps experience and so dna test become the new affirmative action. at whose expense? maybe no one because if we are all a little oppressed, we are all good. goodbye, identity politics. if everyone is a minority, then nobody is. there's a silver lining. i think she did the nation a service. we are all native american. interesting fact from michael aaron, what's his name? the g.o.p. spokesman. "new york times" sourcing. the average european-american's .18. the average european-american is actually more native american than she is. did this backfire? >> dana: a little bit. a lot of the media were treating this as her response to trumpet she's going to have to get through democratic primary and i imagine if it got down to the top ten that her opponents were going to use this -- donald trump wasn't going to have to do anything. i think she's overreacting a little bit. do your point, she's never had to answer this question. why did she not listed when she was applying to lower tier schools? only listed it when she applied to the higher

helped push some of president trump's most hard-line anti-immigrant policies. then to brazil where jair bolsonaro, a far right former army officer who openly supports dictatorships and torture, has been overwhelmingly elected to be brazil's new president. protesters took to the streets soon after the election results were announced. >> i am in mourning, not for me, but for brazil, which does not deserve this. it does not deserve this ignorance. the brazilian people are ignorant. brazil owes a lot to lula. amy: we will speak to the intercept's glenn greenwald about how the election of bolsonaro threatens the future of brazil's democracy. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. pittsburgh, pennsylvania, is in mourning after what's being described as deadliest anti-semitic attack in u.s. history. on saturday, a 46-year-old white man named robert bowers allegedly stormed the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh's squirrel hill neighborhood, yelling "all jews must die" as he openened fire on worshipers preparing fo

>>> important update the elizabeth warren dna update, president trump just told reporters in georgia that he would give her the money he promised the campaign trail only if he could administer the dna test himself. >> i predicted this 15 minutes ago. i predicted it off air on this show. >> blielizabeth warren, he want your saliva. >> did you have to leave that image in my head? donald trump wanting elizabeth warren's saliva? >> this is where we're heading. >> it is not a great way to start a show on a monday. >> happy monday. >> nicole wallace, thank you very much. >> and if it's monday, the forecast calls for a trump storm. good even. i'm in for chuck todd. 22 days until election night. president trump has embraced a trumpian strategy to make the midterms all about, you guessed it, trump. we're talking trump saturation right now, guys. all trump all the time. trump on the road. trump in your living room. trump press conferences. more trump rallies. more trump press conferences. just moments ago, another press conference this time as the president met with officials in georgi

midterm elections, president trump is once again making himself the focus of our national conversation. with a schoolyard personal attack against a woman who said he had an extramarital affair with her. denied having relations with stormy daniels, saying federal judge throws out stormy daniels lawsuit versus trump. trump is entitled to full legal fees. now i can go after horse face and her 3rd rate lawyer in the great state of texas. she will confirm the letter she signed. she knows nothing about me, a total con! horse face. trump was spiking the football after a federal judge dismissed daniels' defamation suit against him. daniels fired back in a tweet of her own writing, in part, ladies and gentlemen, may i present your president. he has demonstrated his incompetent, hater -- hatred of women. in 2016 trump retweeted an account that wrote, a picture is worth a thousand words and included a photo comparing trump rival ted cruz's wife heidi to melania trump. in august trump attacked his former staffer omarosa and praising john kelly for firing that dog. it's the language th

cable or satellite provider. announcer: on saturday, president trump met with pastor andrew brunson and his family at the white house. the pastor had been detained in turkey on espionage and terrorism related charges. on friday, he was convicted but released on time served. this is 25 minutes. [indiscernible chatter] >> thank you very much everybody. this was a long journey, but for andrew, it has been a very interesting day, because from a turkish prison to the white house in 24 hours. that's not bad actually. [applause] and i want to start by saying that noreen was unbelievable. she was calling and calling, and she definitely loves you, let me put it that way. she was calling and she wanted you out. and she was not playing games, and we are very proud of you. thank you very much. and you are very, very special to all of us. and we have some of our great leaders right here, you know jane, you know cindy, you know richard, you know tom, you know patrick, you know mark and all of these people right back here, a whole group of people. they fought so hard for you, they wanted you out.